6 Best Practices for YouTube Intros

1.YouTube intros should be 5 seconds or less.

YouTubers (and people in the 21st century in general) don’t have the patience for much longer than this. Also, if you want visitors to watch more than one of your videos (you do) you don’t want to waste 20 seconds of their time in each recording watching unnecessary pageantry.

2.YouTube intros need to be professionally done.

Yes, this means you’ll most likely have to spend a little bit of money on getting an intro. My intro cost me about $400 total (logo + video editor).

3. YouTube intros work best after 5-15 seconds of filler content.

Capture the audience’s attention and then drop your intro. That captures the audience’s attention. I will be doing this for all of my videos going forward!

Why 99 Designs Sucks and Why It Still Works

Now, sometimes Fiverr logos actually pan out. So, with 30 logos to choose from and the ability to request changes throughout the “rounds” of submissions, you can get something that fits your brand very well.

Here is the inside of the 99 Designs logo campaign I ran…

Step #2 Hire a video editor

If you’re looking for something more “guaranteed’ you can go with them, but this time, I wanted something a little different.

I reached out to Nathan Hirsch of Freeeup.com and hired one of his video editors. The price was less than the Splasheo package and the work was much more “customized” than anything I could do with the options provided with Splasheo.

After just a few back and forth conversations with Jeffrey (the editor) I ended up with an end product that I loved.

Nate McCallister

Nate is the founder and main contributor of EntreResource.com. He is a lifestyle entrepreneur who spends his time building businesses and raising his two kids Sawyer and Brooks with his beautiful wife Emily. His main interests include copywriting, economics and piano.